Toronto Stock Exchange operator TMX posts quarterly profit

TORONTO Aug 5 (Reuters) - TMX Group Ltd, the
operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange, posted a quarterly
profit compared with a year-ago loss which included a non-cash
impairment charge.

The Toronto-based company said it had earned net profit
attributable to shareholders of C$27.6 million, or 51 Canadian
cents per share, in the quarter, compared with a loss of C$26.4
million, or 49 Canadian cents per share, a year earlier.

The company took a C$128.4 million pre-tax non-cash
impairment charge related to its Box U.S. options business and
other costs last year.